Lockable strike for walk-in cold rooms

A lockable strike for walk-in cold rooms, comprising

• a housing having a lock wall with a first lock opening and a second lock opening aligned with said first lock opening, along a lock path;
• a locking mechanism which includes a reciprocally moving deadbolt and a rotatable gripping handle, said handle being coupled to said deadbolt so that rotatable movement of said gripping handle causes the reciprocating movement of said deadbolt, said gripping handle also including a third lock opening therethrough, said gripping handle being moveable between a first position with said gripping handle third lock opening aligned along said lock path and a second position with said gripping handle third lock opening not aligned along said lock path, said gripping handle also being configured so that a portion of said gripping handle passes through said lock path upon rotational movement of said gripping handle from said first position to said second position, a removable locking device configured to be received within said housing first and second locking openings and said gripping handle third opening, and a cylinder lock rotatably mounted to said gripping handle, said cylinder lock being actuatable between a locked position preventing rotational movement of said gripping handle and an unlocked position allowing rotational movement of said gripping handle,
• whereby a locking device may be positioned along said lock path to lock the gripping handle in its first position, and whereby a locking device may be positioned along said lock path to lock the gripping handle in its second position by preventing rotational movement of said gripping handle from said second position to said first position.

A lockable strike for walk-in cold rooms, comprising:

• a housing including a recessed well with openings positioned on opposing sides thereof to accept a locking device therethrough;
• a deadbolt moveably engaged within said housing to reciprocally move along a path of travel between an extended position and a retracted position with respect to the housing;
• a knob rotatably mounted within the recessed well and having an opening through a handle thereof positioned relative to said openings in the housing to further accept the locking device therethrough thereby preventing the rotation of the knob in a first position, wherein the handle can engage the locking device when the locking device is inserted through the openings in the housing thereby preventing the rotation of the knob in a second position, and the knob is in communication with the deadbolt to move the deadbolt between the extended position and the retracted position when the knob is rotated, and
• a cylinder lock rotatably mounted within a central portion of the knob and having a cylinder stop including a tunnel opening rotatably mounted within the path of travel of the deadbolt, wherein the deadbolt includes a deadbolt stop structured to engage the cylinder stop and to pass through the tunnel opening, whereby the cylinder lock can be locked to prevent movement of the deadbolt from the extended position or the retracted position.